THE Chester-le-Street Hilda Park U16s had a 7-0 County Cup win at Sacriston, who battled hard.

Michael Smith got a hat-trick, Ross Lowrie, 2, and the other scorers were Steven Lock and Scott Gregory who scored on his debut. MoM: Michael Smith.

The U14s were at Brinkburn in the league cup, where things didn't go according to plan, and Park lost.

The U13s were at rivals Waldridge Park. Thanks to a solid team performance Hilda Park came away with all three points in a 3-5 win.

Scorers: Jack Charlton, 2, Michael Hoyle, David Lambert, new signing Michael Halpan.

The U13 Hurricanes played a friendly against Houghton Boys and lost 3-2. Scorers: Jack Howey, Carl Hollingsworth. MoM: Carl Robson.

Hilda Park U11s were at premier league side Fulwell in the league cup. The lads battled hard, but Fulwell went through to the next round.

The U10s played two and won two games. The first was a 2-0 win against against South Moor. Scorer: Connor Pickering, 2. MoM: Jack Birkett. The second game was against Chester Athletic and they won 1-0. Scorer: MoM Stevie Burns.

The U9s played unbeaten Kestrel Youth and won 2-1. Scorer: MoM Dan Clarkson, 2.

The U8s won one and drew one. In the first game the U8s won 1-0 against Barnes Park Bees. Scorer: Jamie Gordon from a free kick. MoM: Ryan Walsh. The second game was against Durham County and ended 1-1. Scorer: Brad Moralee. MoM: Jamie Gordon.

The U8 Eagles, who are playing teams nearly two years older, had four games. Against Barnes Park Macs they lost 1-0. Scorer: MoM Lee Charlton.

The second game was against top side Redby which the Eagles lost 6-0. MoM: Charlton. The third game was against Town Castle Rovers where again Charlton was MoM.

In the fourth game, against Fulwell, the MoM was Josh Birkett.

The U8s also played four games. The first against Redby was won 1-0. Scorer: Dean Wales. The second game was a 0-0 draw against Washington Lions.

In the third game against Town Castle Rovers, the U8s won 2-0. Scorers: Dean Wales, Connor Wood. The U8s won the fourth game 2-1 against Fulwell. Scorers: Cameron Nichol, Connor Wood from a corner.

Stanley FC showed their battling qualities when they came back from two goals down to record an 8-3 win in the Stanley Sunday League at table-topping Grange Villa.

The league's leading marksman Mark Drake continued his brilliant start to the season for the reigning champions with yet another four-goal haul, while there were two apiece from Roland Lee and Kelvin Armstrong to give them the points in one of only two league fixtures to be played.

In the North West Durham Charity Cup, Garden Farm were up against league rivals Stanley RAFA who they crushed 9-1.

An Alan Green hat-trick and two each by Graham Cook and Paul Swinburn boosted by efforts from Paul Atkinson and Chris McMenemy saw Farm into the next round. Paul Woodhouse scored for RAFA.

Pelton Fell WMC struggled to raise a team against Dunston Social yet took the lead with a Richard Stanton goal in his first game of the season after injury.

Fell held out until five minutes from the end when Social levelled. At the end of 90 minutes, with the scores level, referee Kevin Thompson was unable to carry on and the game was abandoned.

Felling Mulberry, after a terrific result last week, came back down to earth with a 4-0 defeat at local rivals Duke of Cumberland.

Pelton Crown were mauled 9-0 at Consett Sunday League side Stateside